Cambridge High and Latin School

Florence Mae Sherman “Flo”

Class of 1930, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Florence Mae Sherman (“Flo”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Houghton Grammar School; headed for Business School; lived at 1124 Massachusetts Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 103.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 62 more named Sherman

Full name: Florence Mae Sherman
Known as: Flo
Lived at: 1124 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Houghton Grammar School
Headed for: Business School

Also searched as: Flo Sherman; Florence Sherman; Florence M. Sherman; Sherman, Florence.

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Household 1
Neighbours 124
Same surname 51
Classmates 482
Same schools 29

In context

483 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 appear on this site, and Sherman puts Florence 411th among them. Turning the scan to page 103 shows Florence; the portraits we read from this book run from page 21 to page 118. In the 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 40 people have the first name Florence. Florence's “Business School” falls in the same group as 89 of the 430 plans printed for the class (21%): a business or secretarial school. A college or university was the plan of 206 of 371 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1930 (56%), compared with 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Louis Shapiro, John Joseph Shea, John Joseph Sheehan, John Fleming Sherman
Same street	Massachusetts Avenue: 11 other classmates
Same earlier school	Houghton Grammar School: 9 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 89 of 430 classmates with a plan (21%)

At home, 1124 Massachusetts Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Chester G. ShermanCambridge 1927

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Sherman at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Sidney W Sherman (wife Elizabeth C), janitor householderpage
Florence M Sherman, student lived herepage
Florence S Sherman, widow of Herbert lived herepage

The Sherman household is listed here in 1920, 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

Thou art a vision of delight

Also grew up on Massachusetts Avenue

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Others named Sherman

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Also came from Houghton Grammar School

Also headed for Business School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 103. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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